Kirjahaku

Ruth Anne Drown continues to share her journey with Parkinson's disease in this collection of journal entries. In My Hope for the Future, she shares what her next steps were in fighting this debilitating disease. She didn't have many options. There were too many meds and too many side effects from the meds. The only option left was DBS surgery. She shares details of her experience and offers those who may be considering this life-altering surgery, valuable information to help them decide whether or not to pursue DBS. Join her as she shares her story. Was it what she expected and was it worth it.

"Chasing the Sunrise"is a novel that spans five generations of a family that began with Sophia and Nicholas Lipinski,Polish immigrants who came to America in 1925. The story centers around Veronica Sanderson Simms, granddaughter of Nicholas and Sophia who after a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease fights to hold on to everything that is important to her. The other characters fight their own battles. Theirs is a story of faith, love, passion, loss, gain, forgiveness, sacrifice, and redemption. The only part of the story that is not fiction is the reality of symptoms and treatment of Parkinson's. That is the author's story.

"Caleb's Quest" is the continuation of "Chasing the Sunrise." It chronicles Caleb Simms' quest to discover the cure for Parkinson's disease. Caleb and his research team will find themselves in the middle of an unsolved cold case of murder. Their journey is at times mysterious, supernatural, emotional, and frightening. Caleb leaves the safety of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to the auspices of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, Baker St., London, The deepest Congo Rainforest, and finally back to North Carolina. Obstacles threaten to destroy Caleb's research and prevent him from bringing the cure to the world. Along the way, there are revelations, love, and finally spiritual healing and acceptance over the heartbreak of his past.

My Happy Feet is a compilation of the author's personal memoirs that she started writing after she was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1990. Her journal entries are sometimes brutally honest and filled with raw emotion. She shares early symptoms, treatment, and the emotions that go along with them. She decided to share her journey in order to help those who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. She hopes that people can relate to her and find hope for the future. Her desire is to share her story so that others will realize just like she did, that there is life, love, and faith after a diagnosis of Parkinson's. It takes courage and persistence to do battle with this insidious interloper of a disease. Ruth Anne battles the disease and side-effects of the medications, everyday. Her mantra is don't give up....keep fighting. Her journey continues to be one of spiritual healing.